diff --git a/test/c/ffi_test.c b/test/c/ffi_test.c
index 24e6959..21095cf 100644
--- a/test/c/ffi_test.c
+++ b/test/c/ffi_test.c
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
 
 int add_numbers(int a, int b) {
     return a + b;
@@ -78,3 +79,20 @@ void test_call_with_trailing_string_arg(int a, int b, char* text) {
     return;
 }
 
+int freed = 0;
+
+int get_variable_length_array(float **arr) {
+    freed = 0;
+    *arr = malloc(sizeof(float) * 7);
+
+    for (int i = 0; i < 7; ++i) {
+        (*arr)[i] = 1.5f * i;
+    }
+
+    return 7;
+}
+
+void free_variable_length_array(float *arr) {
+    freed = 1;
+    free(arr);
+}
diff --git a/test/clj/coffi/ffi_test.clj b/test/clj/coffi/ffi_test.clj
index b462191..cc44347 100644
--- a/test/clj/coffi/ffi_test.clj
+++ b/test/clj/coffi/ffi_test.clj
@@ -70,3 +70,27 @@
            (catch Throwable _t
              :err))
       :ok)))
+
+(ffi/defvar freed? "freed" ::mem/int)
+
+(def get-variable-length-array* (ffi/make-downcall "get_variable_length_array" [::mem/pointer] ::mem/int))
+(def free-variable-length-array* (ffi/make-downcall "free_variable_length_array" [::mem/pointer] ::mem/void))
+
+(t/deftest get-variable-length-array
+  (let [floats
+        (with-open [stack (mem/confined-arena)]
+          (let [out-floats (mem/alloc mem/pointer-size stack)
+                num-floats (get-variable-length-array* out-floats)
+                floats-addr (mem/read-address out-floats)
+                floats-slice (mem/reinterpret floats-addr (unchecked-multiply-int mem/float-size num-floats))]
+            (try
+              (loop [floats (transient [])
+                     index 0]
+                (if (>= index num-floats)
+                  (persistent! floats)
+                  (recur (conj! floats (mem/read-float floats-slice (unchecked-multiply-int index mem/float-size)))
+                         (unchecked-inc-int index))))
+              (finally
+                (free-variable-length-array* floats-addr)))))]
+    (t/is (not (zero? @freed?)))
+    (t/is (= floats (mapv #(* (float 1.5) %) (range (count floats)))))))